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		Rebelgecko on May 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA advisers say SpaceX rocket technology could p... No crew would have been danger for the second launch, but only because it was a static fire. If it were an actual launch it could've been pretty bad

JshWright on May 6, 2018 [–]

The launch escape system would have been able to safely get the crew clear of the rocket in the AMOS-6 incident if it had been a crewed fight.

(Based on the performance of the capsule during the pad abort test)

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